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Ingeneral，lawsforchildrenareagoodthing.

Onehundredyearsagoinindustrialcountries,childrenworked18hoursadayinafactoryatageseven.Thefactoryownercouldbeatachildwhofellasleeporwasnotfastenough.Bothparentsandteacherscoulddothesame.

Today,therearemanylawsaboutchildrenallovertheworld.Somepeoplethinkchildrenmustobeyrulesortheyshouldbepunished，othersdonotagree.TheInuitsorEskimosinAlaskaalmostneverpunishtheirchildren.Theparentsdon’thitthem.Ifthechildrengotoofar，theparentspunishthembymakingfunofthem.

ChildreninotherpartsoftheworldarenotasluckyasEskimochildren.Americanparentscanspank(打……臀部)theirchildrenathome，butateachercannothitachildinapublicschool.ThisisalsotrueinGermany.Incontrast(对比),itisagainstthelawforanyonetohitachildinSweden.Swedishparentscannotspanktheirchildren.Thechildrenalsohaveaspecialgovernmentofficialwhoworksfortheirrights.Thereisevenaplanforchildrentodivorcefromtheirparentsthoughthisisnotalawyet!

根据短文内容回答下列各问题。

16.Howwerechildrentreatedinindustrialcountries100yearsago?

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17.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“gotoofar?”

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18.CanateacherinGermanyhithisstudentsinpublicschool?

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19.WhatkindofpeoplecanbeatchildreninSweden?

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20.Whatdoesitmeanby“aplanforchildrentodivorcefromtheirparents?”

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参考答案与解析：

【文章大意】通常而言，为儿童制定法律是件好事。100多年前，在工业国家，7岁大的孩子在工厂一天要工作18小时，工厂的老板可以打小孩，家长和老师们也可以这样做。今天世界上有很多保护儿童的法律。有些人认为儿童应该遵纪守法，否则就要受到惩罚。其他人则不同，爱斯基摩人从不惩罚儿童。如果孩子们做得太过份了，父母亲用开玩笑的方式来惩罚他们。在其他地方则不同，美国的家长可以在家打孩子的屁股，但老师不能在学校打学生。德国跟美国一样。但在瑞士任何人都不能打孩子，并有专门的政府部门来维护孩子们的权利。

16.Theyweretreatedverybadly.

17.Dosomethingtoomuch.

18.No,hecan’t.

19.Nonecandothat.

20.Aplanforendingthechildren’srelationshipwiththeirparents.